𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, boulder”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰖𐰀 (qy¹a), Turkish kaya and Yakut хайа (qaya).

Noun

𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰 or 𐽲𐾄𐽶 (kaya /q̈ʾyʾ/ or k(a)y(a) /q̈y/)

1. rock
   • (Can we date this quote?), Story of the Tamed Elephant^[1]; Buddhist Old Uyghur Manuscript (Berliner Texte XIII)‎^[2], BT13.04.02.A.v06 (43):

     𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽸𐽳𐽺𐾂 𐾁𐽳𐽵𐾄 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐽷 𐾆

     […] altunlug kaya tek.

     […] like a rock made out of gold.

Derived terms

• 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (kayalayu, “petrous, lapidarian, lithic”)
• 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽲 (kayalïg, “stony shore”)

Etymology 2

Unknown. Cognate with Teleut and dialectal Tuvan каяа көргүзрер (kayaa körgüzrer, “to look back”), Karakhanid [script needed] (qaya:, “behind, back”).

Adverb

𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰 (kaya /q̈ʾyʾ/)

1. behind, back

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (arka), 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ïntïn), 𐽷𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽺 (kedin), 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽿𐾀𐽰𐽷 (puruštak)

   Antonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽸𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (aldïrtïn), 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽺 (alïn), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐾀𐽳𐽺 (öŋtün), 𐽶𐽳𐽴 (yüz)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳaya”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 173
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “(2) kaya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 675
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) kaya ~ k(a)y(a)”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 349
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) kaya”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 349